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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999

Filed:

Jul. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:

Takashi Toyoda, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348705 ; 348468 ; 348484 ; 348485 ; 348722 ;
Abstract

A component system includes a selector connected to at least one audio component, at least one video component includes a teletext receiver wherein audio and video signals output by the audio and video components as well as the teletext receiver can be selected, and when an operation to switch from an already selected component to the teletext receiver is carried out, a video signal produced by the teletext receiver is selected and output with an audio signal produced by the previously selected component remaining selected and output, allowing information transmitted by a teletext to be obtained without interrupting the audio signal being output by the previously selected component.


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